YM
Apr 10, 2020
Sidestep: The Palla Adzes
Palla is a name given to a green silicified tuff found by Julius von Haast near Mt Somers in 1864. The term 'palla' comes from Austria...
IJ
Apr 3, 2020
151: Giants of the world
Here is a small list of reasonably accepted stories of giants bones being found... Some go back 100 years, others are as recent as 30...
IJ
Mar 31, 2020
The Karioitahi Artefact
This is a real doozy of a find. This artifact was discovered by a Mr Archibald T Bennett on 3rd June 1907 in the sand at the bottom of a...
YM
Mar 27, 2020
Sidestep: Archaeological isolationism
This is a copy of an article written by an archaeologist lamenting the isolationism of archaeology and the result of that isolationism....
MD & IJ
Mar 20, 2020
150: The Ngaroto Carving
Just what influenced the carvers of the Ngaroto pou design? Ngaroto means ‘the lake’ - (Nga – ‘the’, roto – ‘lake’). There is no legend...
MD & IJ
Mar 13, 2020
Sidestep: Psuedo professionalism
Almost all Pseudo-Archaeology sites lack a scientific method, many bag archaeologists and their work, have nationalist views and...
MD
Mar 7, 2020
149: Is 99% good enough?
After a certain article from Radio NZ revealing our old dig site and an extraordinarily long bone we claimed was human, we were contacted...
MD
Mar 4, 2020
148: Bone of Contention
The recent articles in the media have provided a chance for people to debate what might be or what isn’t. It brought huge attention to...
IJ
Feb 28, 2020
Sidestep: Kaimanawa Wall
I’ve never wanted to do a post on this formation as it just never interested me. That was because it is a natural formation but I know...
YM
Feb 26, 2020
What we are and What we Aren't
We want to make something clear. Most of you already know, but many don't read particularly well or only skim headlines for their fill of...